Computer Class

Computer Class of Refugee Emancipation e.V.

1. Introduction

2 courses

  • How to power the PC on?
  • Naming the different parts: keyboard, mouse, monitor, base unit, …
  • Getting used to how the mouse works: movement, click, double click, drag & drop
  • The keyboard: normal keys, number keys, function keys, modifier keys (strg, alt, shift), tab, cursor keys, …
  • Typing exercises, copy & paste
  • Windows: swapping, dragging, resizing, closing

2. Basic Internet Usage

2 courses

  • How to use a browser
  • Create an email account (if you don’t have one already)
    • Spam, Viruses, Mailinglists
  • Searching on the Internet (Google and more)

3. Hardware

1 course

  • Looking inside a PC
  • What are the functions of the different parts?
  • How can I upgrade my PC?

4. Working with the Computer

6 courses

  • What is Software?
  • What is a Operating Systems?
  • Common similarities between progams
  • Differences: file formats
  • Bits & Bytes
  • Filemanagement
    • folders, subfolders
    • copying, moving, deleting, trashing files
  • Printing
    • in the internet cafe via samba share from PC6

5. Text Editing Software

3 courses

  • Word and OpenOffice
  • How to format text

6. Website Editing

3 courses

  • Wiki
  • Writing HTML documents (with editor and browser)

7. Graphics

2 courses

  • Photoshop and Gimp
  • How to manipulate photos and other pictures

8. Advanced Internet

1 course

  • How our Internet cafe is connected to the Internet
  • What happens when I load a webpage?
  • Servers, Hubs, Switches, Routers, Proxies, …
  • DNS and IP addresses